Washing-machine.



i i i i l i i i i Dec. L. l'dlti. Serial No. `|l-`,li'ti. To ult ila/mm it may mac-ern.'

le itl known that| I, (ina-:ox l). llaia., citizen ot` the United States, residing at Bridgeport., in the county of Fairtield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new aiul useful improvements in Washing-Machines; 1 and l. do lieieby declaie the following to he a full, clear, and exactl description of the. ins f veiitio'n, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

My invention relates to' washing machines and particularly to that. class comprising a. boiler containing a. rotary drinn or clothes holding cage.

Referring to the drawings in which like iigurcs of reference indicate like parts throughout; the several views: Figure l represents a longitudinal central sectional view of the boiler and cage on line a of Fig. .2; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the machine; Fig. 3 shows a dotted outline of the cage, sectional view of the heads of the cage, and

Fig. Alis an end elevation of the. boiler .showing the caire in its extreme elevated posiends of the boiler; Ligs. (l, T, S and t) are broken detail views of the supporting parts of thc frame; and Fig. 10 is :i detail view of one of the cage door locking springs.

The sides of the boiler 1 ha ve the lower inward curves 1^ conforming in a measure to the circular construction ot:l the. clothes hohling cage .2, when said cage. is lowered as shown at. Figs. 1 and Q. The flaring fooi l" is iidiipted to rest on a stove (not shown).

The object of thus closing in the sides of the boiler near the bottom is to restrict the water arca atthat. pointl thereby centralizing the steam and lient. so as to t'oiee or dii-eet it. i through .the cago and thus prevent a lar"o pereei'itage ese'a ping hy the. rage as itwould" 'do were the. sidesl of the holler lstraight. t i It is u frame having the l'rout 4luindle pori ltion Il". and the. rear and lower handle portion It". All of the top ol' the frame, except the handle il, is lower in order to allo\\'.sa|d l lower porlioii to pass under the handy or l overhanging shelf (not shown), common to ordinary cooking stoves.. Q .'l'- and Il are. downwardly projecting legs integral with the frame and have the holes 4 and o, Figs. 6 and 7, at. their lower ends by means of which they are journaled on the habs ti and 'i' centra ly located in the large sprocket wheel 8 and the plate 0 which serve as heads for the cage.v

broken view partly in section of the trame;.

t.ioii;.Fig. a is a detail sectional view ot' one of the cage siipportine racks located on the ing the outer legsI 19 and 20, and the inner llower endsl of t-hc traine previously dc- 'l'hc boiler cover ltl is provided with th e housings l,l and l2 by means of which it. is journaled on the pins 13 and 14 projecting from the frame. 'l`hc ends l0l of the. cover are .shaped (Fig. 4) to clasp the edge of the boiler and locate thel frame. in an upright position when the cage is at. its lowestl point.

l isa crank handle joiirnalcd in the sides oi the handle portion 3 of the frame and it carries the :small sprocket. wheel 16 rotatably connected to the large sprocket. wheel 8 by the chain 17.

1S are handles` located at the top and at eaeh end olf the boiler.

19 and .20 are. Ushaped cage supports havlegs 19 and 20". 'llie upper parts of these inner legs are. secured to thc legs of the frame by means of the rivets .21 and 29., while their lower ends, Figs. 8 and 9, have the holes 23 and 24 by means of .which they are joiirnaled on thc hubs 6 and 7 similar to the lscribed. The outer legs of these U-shnped 'supports carry at their .ends the .locating pins .25 and .26 adapted, in connection with the end racks 2T and 28 of the boiler, to locate, the cage in its dillercnt vertical positions, and with the hubs 6 and 7 to locate thel cage, with respect. to sides of the boiler 1n itsl extreme upper position presently to be more fully described. 7 The circular cagel coinprses the parallel wires .2 which pass through the end rings Q9 and 30, and are then centrally deflected with respect to the cage and their ends anchored in the cage. heads. The cage door comprises the curved ends 31 and 32 in which are anchored the. ends of the wires 33, 34 and 35. One end of these. side pieces is jouriialed on one of the. parallel wires of the cage, while their free ends are locked in the c ve ends 36, Fig. l0, ot' the springs 37, when the door is closed..

3S, {if} Fig. 3, are arins projecting from the cage heads and -lO are wires secured to these arms and located atl one side of the center o t tho enge for the purpose, when the cage is rotated, to agitato or separate the clothes so l that the. steam and hot. water will be la'onghi i in eontaet willi ull parts ol` the contents ot' the enge.

` Ill, Fig. d, is u plate or web adapted to prevent. the clothes protruding between thi` end wires ot the cage and coming in contat-i with thel chain.

'l`he clothes iii'e. placed into the. cage when said cage is elevated as shown at Fig. l. then the cage is lowered into the position shown at Figs. l and .2, with the apex ot the, U-shiipnd supports resting on the top edge against the inclined face of the lower tooth of the racks as sliown'at. Fig, l. When in this position, tliecagcis occasionally tin-ned of the boiler while the pins .25 and .tt resir hv means of the handle-l5 to permit the hot, 3- I "flPW lllnfilll'tli-, water and steam to come in eontaet with all ""ti lmm' lmhin' w (llc (glane, 1mi-1- f am news s cfm-c "nieuwe, and" el ""f'r l", ."l alla am amaai" when the clothes have been thus subjected to I l "lllm'l'llll "lmi l .tpe .mwmcd unthe eleansing etl'ect. of the steam and water t1-'5 l" hw-h .t n l 'J E." CVCI for a sullieient length of time to produce the. lmltnt" lmllmf .fllglltdgfgzl'iframe desired result, the enge is raised hy means )"ll'llkfl ff "l. flens. M jmmmlcd 'on of the handle portions Il and 3 so as to alsPimms l "im mfn m''r 10mi ,.wry locnb low the pins .25 and 2t', to consecutively and lh hllffm niillmncnt :mi the 1mm, teinporarilv rest on the teeth of the, raeks nilmm M'l u tu endg nf um boiler QT and QS .until the' water has heen drained "l "n12" n". im in fl h ed to en, from the clothes. When the elothes have with which, mid Wilminmi; ,rts fmthe thus heen sutlicientlv drained, the cage is'l'gm'w'c lo imm cmp y u further lifted until the pins are opposite the ,elige itglgure inenting holes 42, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 in the ends .hl m fy'two wimcqq. of the. heilen whieh'holes will then he in' ,m Fromme GID'ON E HALL' alinement. with the before mentioned holesl rt'oqsgy in the. parts i333, 19" and 20" and the hubs l "m Pimm "ti and T, and when these several holes and' l JAM. rnwy hnhs are in alineinent thel pins .25 and 26 y will snap therein to form journals en which the entire frame work and ea'fe, may swing, centrally with respect to the holle and when in this position the cage is rotated until the enge door is uppermost and then'the framel is swung rearwardly until the ehain rests on the top edge of the boiler, as shown at Fig. Il," so as to ell`ectually leek the enge against rotation whit; `said enge is being emptied and refilled. l

Ila ring thus deserihed my invention, what.- p I claim is;

1. In a washing machine, a e \'lindrieal Cage,` a hoiler with-in which the (Page is adapted to.' rotate, hubs in the ends of the cage, a sup'-` porting frame haring two depending legs on whieh the cage is journaled, U-shnped frame supports whose inner legs are mounted on the huhs, and whose outer legs earryl loeating vins in axial ,alinenient with the huhs. and rau-lts on the outer ends ol` the hoiler with whieh said pins are adapted to engage to form te1nporar supports for the enge nt. ditl'erent points ol' its elevation. l

2. In a washing niaehiue, a erlindrieal enge, a hoiler within whieh the eage is adapty ed to rotate, huhs in the ends ot' the enge, a l frame innwhieh the enge journaled, U` shaped supports seenred to the l'rnnie and einhrneing the endsl of the hoiler and adapted to support. the enge and l'rame when the ra'fe is al its lowest. position within the holler, the inner legs of said U-shaped supf ports mounted on the huhs, raelt's 0n the j; ends ol the holler, lot-ating pins on the enter legs of the U-shnped supports in axial alinement with the hnhs and adapted to engage the raelis and temporarily suspend the cago f I i f at dllerent points hetween its extreme lower i i i amllnpper |nelion-H. the ends nl' the hoilel hat-lng holes la axial alincmentf with the haha when the enge is at its highest point to permit the entranee ot" thc pins into the hnhs and thas centralize the cage and frame wml ."llfct 0.9m billlf. 

